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Can ENT barrier bar foreign retailers?
Vietnamese retailers have been reassured that the regulation on ENT (economic needs test) would serve as a barrier that prevents foreign retailers from expanding in Vietnam and protecting local retailers. However, analysts don’t think this will work.
Vietnamese drink manufacturers give up home market to foreign firms
Losing out in the carbonated soft drink market segment, Vietnamese drink manufacturers also cannot compete with foreign ones in products which use materials available in Vietnam.
How do Vietnamese families spend their money on education?
Experts have pointed out that Vietnamese parents are ‘dictated by feeling’ when making decisions related to their children’s education.
Red alarm rung over child sexual abuse
One in every six Vietnamese boys and one in every four girls have experienced some forms of sexual abuse. At least 5,300 of child sexual abuse cases were reported in 2011-2015.
Nine ideal tourist destinations in Hue
Here are the best tourist sites in the former feudal city of Hue, which is most famous for the Hue Royal Citadel.
Big real estate developers eyeing hotels
Many successful merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in the hotel sector were reported in the first six months of the year. Some of the deals were worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Vietnam’s forex reserves reach record-high
Vietnam’s foreign exchange reserves by early 2016 had reached the record high of US$38 billion, which does not include reserves in gold.
Starbucks dominates SE Asia, but not in Vietnam
The high growth rate of Phuc Long is just one example that shows the strong rise of domestically owned café chains, where Vietnamese like going to foreign-owned Starbucks or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Tourist sites along coastal road from Ninh Thuan to Phu Yen
If you are looking for a trip full of fun and challenges, the road from Ninh Thuan to Phu Yen is an interesting one.
Japanese ODA loans to fund house purchases won’t be ‘a free lunch’
Japan has, for the first time, decided to provide ODA (official development assistance) to help Vietnamese buy houses.